1. MY VIEWS ON QUESTIONS POSED REFTEL ARE AS FOLLOW:
A. THERE IS AT PRESENT NO RPT NO NEED FOR ANNOUNCEMENT
WARNING AGAINST SPECIFIC TRAVEL TO SUDAN BY AMERICANS.
PREVIOUS DEPT COMMENT THAT AMERICANS MAY WISH
EXERCISE PRUDENCE IN VISITING COUNTRIES WITHIN AREA
MIDEAST CONFLICT CONTINUES REFLECT OUR ASSESSMENT ON
TRAVEL TO SUDAN.
B. SITUATION IN SUDAN DOES NOT RPT NOT AT THIS TIME
WARRANT INDUCED DEPARTURE OF PRIVATE AMCITS. INDEED,
SUCH EFFORTS COULD EXACERBATE THE SITUATION BY
GIVING RISE MISLEADING RUMORS AS TO GENERAL OUTLOOK.
C. NO EVACUATION, LIMITED OR OTHERWISE, APPEARS NECESSARY AT
PRESENT. IN UNLIKELY EVENT IT BECOMES ESSENTIAL, EVACUATION WOULD
BE BY FOREIGN COMMERICIAL OR FOREIGN CHARTER AIRCRAFT
(ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES).
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2. POTENTIAL EVACUEES ARE AS FOLLOW: PRIVATE AMERICANS WHO
WOULD REQUEST EVACUATION: 73; NUMBER OF TOURISTS: 15; TOTAL
ALL CATEGORIES: 146.
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